Gambas Basic IDE Programming with the Gambas Basic IDE
Sep 30, 2008Gambas is a fast and easy tool for writing graphical desktop applications in Basic.
more »Gnome’s New F-Spot 0.5.0
Sep 22, 2008Photo viewer F-Spot is now available in the version 0.5.0. with ‘‘a countless amount of enhancements, polish and bugfixes.’’ Says Ruben Vermeersch in his blog.
more »Flash Player 10 Coming Around the Final Bend
Sep 17, 2008Adobe has issued its second release candidate of Flash Player 10, which should be approaching the finish line. Developers have not only fixed a number of bugs, but added a few new features.
more »Canonical Now Hiring Designers and Usability Visionaries
Sep 15, 2008Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, wants a more elegant and user-friendly Linux-Desktop for it's users. In a full blown statement at this year’s OSCON, Ubuntu grounder Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed: ‘'The great task in front of us over the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop from something that is stable and robust and not so pretty, into something that is art'’.
more »Poppler PDF library learns Javascript
Sep 12, 2008Poppler, a library for rendering PDF data, was released in its developer version as 0.9.0. For the first time it enables interactive documents using Javascript.
more »Fotoxx v35 Image manipulation with Fotoxx
Aug 31, 2008The Fotoxx image manipulation program offers highlights such as HDR and panorama functions, but where there is light, there is also shadow.
more »Miguel de Icaza Criticizes Plans for Gtk+ 3
Jul 17, 2008At first, plans for Gtk+ 3 were considered unnecessary – the developers themselves considered the 2.x version mature enough – now, some developers are toying with the idea of developing Gtk+ 3. Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza comments on and criticizes the developments in his blog.
more »Preview: Gimp 2.6 Uses Gegl
Jul 15, 2008Version 2.6 of Gimp uses the Gegl library, which can display up to 32 bit color depth.
A tutorial on the Gimpusers.com community website gives visitors the lowdown on next generation Gimp features.
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